ViaSat, Inc
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ViaSat is a communication company based in Carlsbad
, California
, that provides equipment and services for military and commercial communications, primarily in satellite related technologies. ViaSat was ranked 135 on the 200 Best Small Companies list by Forbes in October 2010 and was ranked 31st by Space News on its list of the Top 50 Space Companies with $414 million in revenues from space business in 2008.
and based in Germantown, MD was acquired by ViaSat in 2001 and renamed to Comsat Laboratories. LMGT had previously acquired the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT
) in 2001.
, DISH Network
, AT&T
and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).
WildBlue launched as an independent company in October 2004 after gaining access rights to the Telesat Anik F2 satellite. It conducted formal technical testing until January 2005, followed by nationwide beta testing, before the first residential retail customers had services installed in June 2005. A dealer network was established to provide installation and customer service to clients throughout the 48 contiguous United States. The company was acquired by ViaSat on October 1, 2009 for $568 million (in cash and stock
). The division currently holds a 44 percent of the U.S. satellite ISP market.
On October 6, 2011, a software error knocked out Anik F2, one of the satellites serving WildBlue customers, for approximately one day.
Carlsbad, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, that provides equipment and services for military and commercial communications, primarily in satellite related technologies. ViaSat was ranked 135 on the 200 Best Small Companies list by Forbes in October 2010 and was ranked 31st by Space News on its list of the Top 50 Space Companies with $414 million in revenues from space business in 2008.
Comsat Laboratories
Lockheed-Martin Global Telecommunications' VSAT group (LMGT) specializing in broadband satellite network terminalsSatellite Internet access
Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through satellites. The service can be provided to users world-wide through low Earth orbit satellites. Geostationary satellites can offer higher data speeds, but their signals can not reach some polar regions of the world...
and based in Germantown, MD was acquired by ViaSat in 2001 and renamed to Comsat Laboratories. LMGT had previously acquired the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT
COMSAT
The Communications Satellite Corporation is a global telecommunications company, based in the USA, and with branches in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and several other countries in the Americas. It is present also in Turkey...
) in 2001.
Stonewood Group
Stonewood Group, UK was acquired by ViaSat in 2010 for approximately $20 million.WildBlue
WildBlue Communications is ViaSat's two-way satellite Internet service provider subdivision. Serving over 400,000 subscribers within the 48 contiguous United States, the company offers services to home and business customers directly and via resellers including DIRECTVDirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
, DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
, AT&T
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications corporation headquartered in Whitacre Tower, Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the largest provider of mobile telephony and fixed telephony in the United States, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services...
and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC).
WildBlue launched as an independent company in October 2004 after gaining access rights to the Telesat Anik F2 satellite. It conducted formal technical testing until January 2005, followed by nationwide beta testing, before the first residential retail customers had services installed in June 2005. A dealer network was established to provide installation and customer service to clients throughout the 48 contiguous United States. The company was acquired by ViaSat on October 1, 2009 for $568 million (in cash and stock
Stock
The capital stock of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to the detriment of the creditors...
). The division currently holds a 44 percent of the U.S. satellite ISP market.
On October 6, 2011, a software error knocked out Anik F2, one of the satellites serving WildBlue customers, for approximately one day.